Stmicroelectronics S.r.l.

Marco De Micheli

Melchiorre Bruccoleri

Giacomino Bollati

Salvatore Portaluri

Luca Celant

Luca Rigazio

An integrated circuit including two phase-locked loops each with its own oscillator. To prevent locking owing to injection between the two oscillators due to stray currents in the integrated circuit, a noise generator is coupled to the oscillator of one of the loops and a timer is provided for activating the noise generator in a manner such that the noise generated changes the frequency of the oscillator randomly when the other loop is in operation.

Integrated circuit with two phase-locked loops and circuit for

Embodiments of the invention provide a transconductance control circuit, particularly for a continuous-time filter, comprising a transconductor across which a constant voltage is input. The transconductor is connected to a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) to set a reference current. A feedback loop is provided between an output of the transconductor and an input. In particular, the circuit further comprises a means for mirroring the reference current set by the DAC both to the feedback loop and to at least one cell of a cascade-connected filter.

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